From:	Matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:	Re: Lone Star's Dirtiest Card
Date:	Tue, 26 May 1998 15:23:56 -0700

Keldon Mor wrote:

> >Gear's a slightly different case. Weapons directly modify a Runner's
> >Attack Value, so they're added in. Spells like Fireball, when used,
> >replace the Runner's Attack Value, so if Ravage was a mage and had cast
> >a powerbolt, you'd be adding the result to the Challenge. Gear like
> >Drones and Spirits are considered separate from the Runner, however, and
> >so wouldn't get added in.

> I'd have to disagree as gear is only used if you want it to, you choose
> the gear you are using before combat. Like if you had 2 ares predators, one
> with explosive ammo and the other with apds, you would have to choose which
> one you where using. You don't have to use any gear if you don't want to.

It's pretty obvious when a mage has used a powerbolt -- the player has
to roll a D6. If that's the case, then the powerbolt is active until
the end of the combat. The Lone Star Undercover card pulls a quick
switch -- the mage, whose owner decided to cast a powerbolt, is now
fighting alongside the Challenge against the Runners. Sooner or later,
the player has to decide what gear he's using (or make the tacit
assumption fram an earlier Challenge that he's using a particular Gear)
and, at that moment, the LSUC player strikes.

Sucks, doesn't it?



- Matt

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